A source close to Sanjay Leela Bhansali said, “Ranveer would have to get his language and diction completely right. The director doesn’t want a hue and cry over the language being mis-pronounced. Ranveer is already familiar with Marathi and can even speak the language. But for this role he needs to get the nuances and layering right.”

Sanjay Leela Bhansali would start Ranveer’s speech and action training well in advance of the shooting in November.

“Ranveer needs to look convincing as a Maratha warrior. He also needs to acquire a more somber image than the one he has. SLB has asked Ranveer to control his nervous energy off screen and use it for the role,” the source said.

Ranveer Singh joins a host of celebs taking diction lessons for their respective films. While Aditya Roy Kapoor had to work really hard on his Urdu diction in Habib Faisal’s ‘Daawat-E-Ishq’, Ayushmann Khurrana and Sushant Singh Rajput have been practising their Marathi and Bangla for their respective characters in Vibhu Puri’s ‘Mumbaai Fairytale’ and Dibakar Bannerjee’s ‘Detective Byomkesh Bakshy’ respectively.